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Poster<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Oral, and Performance Presentations<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

\u00a0Select digital presentations will be available by clicking on the presentation title and the student name on March 21, 2022.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

All presentations for the 24th Undergraduate Exposition are listed below by college and department. Congratulations to these students and their faculty sponsors for their dedication and hard work in such wonderful academic achievements.<\/p>\n

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Colleges and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Departments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Featuring Student Presentations<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

 
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College of Arts & Sciences<\/h3>\n

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Leadership at Cat Camp<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Author: Estefany Gordillo-Rivas
Staff Sponsor: Marti Newbold<\/p>\n

Assessing Patterns of Moisture Content in Decomposing, Desiccated, and Mummified Tissue in the Southeastern United States: Trial 1 Data<\/strong>
Student Author: Carter Unger
Faculty Sponsor: Rebecca George<\/p>\n

A look at Critical Race Theory in America and the Backlash it has Received<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Author: Lilianna Devlin
Faculty Sponsor: Munene Mwaniki<\/p>\n

Comparative Geochemical Assay of Napier and Connestee Ceramic Sherds as a means to Evaluate Composition and Raw Materials Sourcing<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Wesley Parrish<\/a>
Faculty Sponsors: Brett Riggs and Shane Schoepfer<\/p>\n

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Effects of Soil Moisture and Humidity on P. Teyahalee’s Foraging Duration, Start, and End Time
<\/strong><\/a>Student Author: Jalen Elwell
Faculty Sponsor: Joseph Pechmann<\/p>\n

Methods To Extract DNA From Bones<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Author: Ariana Brown
Faculty Sponsor: Frankie West<\/p>\n

The effects of mutagenesis in Salmonella typhimurium TreY<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Author: Diana Romero
Faculty Sponsor: Amanda Storm<\/p>\n

An Alternative to Western Blotting: Using Dual-Reporter In-Gel Fluorescence to Assess Autophagy in Biomaterials Research<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Author: Melissa Rogers<\/a>
Faculty Sponsor: Heather Coan<\/p>\n

Annotation and analysis of the ImpL2 gene in multiple Drosophila species<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Lorien Helm
Faculty Sponsor: Indi Bose<\/p>\n

Molecular Scatology: A Look into a Noninvasive Method of Species Identification of Carnivores in Western North Carolina<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: A. Priest
Faculty Sponsors: Maureen Hickman and Aimee Rockhill<\/p>\n

Investigation of the Quaternary Structure of Olfactory Receptors Olfr691 and Olfr78 in Kidney Cells using Spatial Intensity Distribution Analysis (SpIDA)<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Rebekah Boone
Faculty Sponsor: Robert Youker<\/p>\n

Development of Methods for Growing and Maintaining Attachment of Human Embryonic Kidney Cells on Glass Slides for Confocal Microscope Visualization<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Melissa Huamancondor
Faculty Sponsor: Heather Coan<\/p>\n

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Insight into the Use of High-Altitude Ballooning (HAB) for Cosmic Ray Muon Detection and Experimentation
<\/strong>Student Author: Aaron Speyer
Faculty Sponsor: Enrique Gomez<\/p>\n

Structures of repressor:DNA complexes from different mycobacteriophage subclusters reveal the molecular details of heteroimmunity phenotypes
<\/strong>Student Authors: Regan McKinney
Faculty Sponsors: Jamie Wallen and Maria Gainey<\/p>\n

Regeneration of Ground Peanut Hull Biosorbent after Methylene Blue Uptake<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Author: Cassandra Knobeloch
Faculty Sponsor: Carmen Huffman<\/p>\n

Grafting Cyclodextrin to Cotton Fiber via a Citric Acid Linker<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Author: Devin Randolph<\/a>
Faculty Sponsor: Carmen Huffman and Channa De Silva<\/p>\n

The Structure of the Binary Mixtures of Hydrogen Bond Acceptors and Simple Alcohols with Vibrational Spectroscopy, Quantum Mechanical Modeling, and Viscosity Measurements<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Clarissa Mitchell
Faculty Sponsor: Scott Huffman<\/p>\n

Classification of Natural and Synthetic Cannabinoids Using GC\/MS data and Partial Least Squire Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA)<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Kristopher Evans-Newman
Faculty Sponsor: Nuwan Perera<\/p>\n

Metal-Based Nanoparticles for Potential Biomedical Imaging<\/strong>
Student Author: Megan Rathbone
Faculty Sponsor: Channa De Silva<\/p>\n

Practicing Cultural Responsiveness as an RA<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Auburn Collins
Staff Sponsor: Marti Newbold<\/p>\n

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Enhanced Priority Risk Index Comparison with the Priority Risk Index in Emergency and Disaster Management<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Sydney Miller
Faculty Sponsor: Joseph Harris<\/p>\n

Correctional System Resistance to Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) and Recommendations for Increasing and Improving Implementation<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Matthew Lehman
Faculty Sponsor: Alexa Singer and Albert Kopak<\/p>\n

Tornado Resistant Construction Methods for Buildings<\/strong>
Student Author: Danielle Kuykendall
Faculty Sponsor: Julia Crowley<\/p>\n

Legal and extralegal predictors of outcomes at first appearance hearings<\/strong>
Student Author: Grace Popp
Faculty Sponsor: Jamie Vaske<\/p>\n

Emergency Management Service (s) Endorsement for First Generational Students: Understanding, Validating, and Promoting Vulnerable Population Inclusivity on University Campuses<\/strong><\/a>
Student Authors: Sarah Tisinger and Jonah Ward
Faculty Sponsor: Joseph Harris<\/p>\n

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What It Means to Be a Parent in Jesmyn Ward\u2019s Sing, Unburied, Sing<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Cameron Perry
Faculty Sponsor: Brian Railsback<\/p>\n

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Effects of Urban Development on Tardigrade Diversity<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Joshua Lyon
Faculty Sponsors: Diane Styers and Jane Dell<\/p>\n

Generating A Database for Southeastern United States Mammalian Hair<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Hunter Lail
Faculty Sponsors: Aimee Rockhill<\/p>\n

Effect of Forest Cover Change in the Upper Little Tennessee River Basin on Fish Index of Biotic Integrity<\/strong><\/a>
Student Authors: Victoria Annas and Adam Mottershead
Faculty Sponsor: Keith Gibbs<\/p>\n

Characterizing and correlating land use and soil erodibility across the Upper Little Tennessee River Basin<\/strong><\/a>
Student Authors: Andrew Bryant and Michelle Smyth<\/a>
Faculty Sponsors: Keith Gibbs, Diane Styers, and Thomas Martin<\/p>\n

Professionalism in Student Employment<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Mason Shaw
Staff Sponsor: Marti Newbold<\/p>\n

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A Disease of Their Own: The Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Founders, Chronic Allergic Asthma, & Their Franco-American Descendants 1780-1890<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Alexis Peters
Faculty Sponsor: Gael Graham<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Mathematics & Computer Science” _builder_version=”4.15.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]Women and Under-represented Groups in Computer Science and Programming at Western Carolina University (WCU)<\/strong><\/a>
\nStudent Author: Brooke Cogburn
\nFaculty Sponsor: Andrew Scott
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Redemption and Penance: Physical Humiliation, Bodily Harm, and Death Not Included<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Author: Nathan Travis
Faculty Sponsor: Katharine Mershon and David Henderson<\/p>\n

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Mental Health Public Policy Change<\/strong>
Student Author: Jacy Romero
Faculty Sponsor: JoBeth Shafran<\/p>\n

Multinational Review of the Long-Term Effects on Education After Pandemics<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Aran Brunette
Faculty Sponsors: Ingrid Bego and Niall Michelsen<\/p>\n

UN Women in Kenya<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Morgan Schull
Faculty Sponsor: Ingrid Bego<\/p>\n

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College of Business<\/h3>\n

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Domestic and Foreign University Financial Planning with Masters of International\/Global Political Economy from a Domestic Perspective<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Author: Remus Turner
Faculty Sponsor: Patrick Payne<\/p>\n

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Drivers of Continuous Improvement Effectiveness During Covid-19: Evidence from the Nigerian Healthcare System<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Fuad Hassan
Faculty Sponsors: Bukola Bakare and Marco Lam<\/p>\n

Budgeting North Carolina Water through Watershed Trading Quotas<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Adam Mottershead
Faculty Sponsor: Sean Mulholland<\/p>\n

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College of Education and Allied Professions<\/h3>\n

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\nStudent Author: Jordan Rains
\nFaculty Sponsor: Marti Newbold
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Religiosity, Attitudes Towards Women, and the Advent of Fifth-Wave Feminism: An Exploratory Study<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Author: Gabi Latimer
Faculty Sponsor: David Scales<\/p>\n

College student social media addiction, social anxiety, and self-esteem<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Author: Rachael Cunio
Faculty Sponsors: Ellen Sigler and David Scales<\/p>\n

Relationship Between Parental Internet Moderation and Online Sexual Grooming<\/strong><\/a>
Student Authors: Brikena Smakiqi and Jasper Shupe
Faculty Sponsor: Ellen Sigler<\/p>\n

To Speak or Not to Speak: Employee Voice and Silence<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Katelyn Hallman
Faculty Sponsors: Ellen Sigler and Annie Wilson<\/p>\n

The Relationship Between Blended Family Relationships and Well-being in Undergraduates<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Alexandra Jarman
Faculty Sponsor: Ellen Sigler<\/p>\n

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College of Engineering and Technology<\/h3>\n

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An Algorithm to Calculate the Individual Optimal Cost Configuration of Hybrid Clean Energy<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Authors: John Kiger, Lyle Pressley, Lindsey McGregor, and Faisal Alrumman
Faculty Sponsor: Bora Karayaka<\/p>\n

A Design Methodology For a Rack and Pinion Type Wave Energy Converter<\/strong>
Student Authors: Brayden Beaver
Faculty Awardee: Bora Karayaka<\/p>\n

Thermal Optimization of a Glassblowing Furnace<\/strong><\/a>
<\/strong><\/a>Student Author: Jake Toney
Faculty Sponsors: Martin Tanaka<\/p>\n

Designing Portable Hydroelectric Power Generators for Recreational Use<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Authors: Keanu Ammons, Mitch Goldfarb, Nicholas Hutchens, and Cray McCall
Faculty Sponsor: Bora Karayaka<\/p>\n

TGA, DSC, and FTIR Analysis of Gypsum Plasterboard under Varying Heating Rates<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Rylan Paye
Faculty Sponsors: Hayri Sezer, Shijin Kozhumal (EKU), and\u00a0 Gregory Gorbett (EKU)<\/p>\n

Volunteering with UP<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Jackson Kline
Staff Sponsor: Marti Newbold<\/p>\n

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David Orr Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts<\/h3>\n

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\n<\/strong>Student Author: Christina Perry
\nFaculty Sponsor: Mary Anna LaFratta
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\nStudent Authors: Abigail Brazier, Lily Gaddis, Max Morter, Dabney Doepner, and Greyson Huneycutt
\nFaculty Sponsor: Ashlee Wasmund
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College of Health and Human Sciences<\/h3>\n

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Building Student Vaccine Confidence – Clinical and Public Health Perspectives<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Author: Victoria Powell
Faculty Sponsors: Chad Hallyburton<\/p>\n

The Impact if Covid-19 on Health Departments in North Carolina<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Naly Yang
Faculty Sponsor:\u00a0Chad Hallyburton<\/p>\n

Assessing Athletic Training Students’ Knowledge and Awareness of the Impact of Staphylococcus aureus in Professional Settings
<\/strong>Student Author: Daisy Henry
Faculty Sponsor: Chad Hallyburton<\/p>\n

Assessing Undergraduate Students’ Influenza Disease and Vaccination Knowledge, Beliefs, and Intentions<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Authors: Jordan Chambers and Michael Chapman
Faculty Sponsor: Chad Hallyburton<\/p>\n

Evaluating Mobile Workstation Disinfection Protocols in a Western Carolina University Nursing Simulation Lab<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Author: Alexandria Plemmons
Faculty Sponsor: Chad Hallyburton<\/p>\n

Influenza Disease and Vaccination Knowledge, Beliefs, and Intentions Among Undergraduate Nursing Students<\/strong><\/a>
Student Authors: Cameron Mullinax and Dezirae Rodriguez
Faculty Sponsors: Chad Hallyburton and Mariana DeCosta<\/p>\n

Effects of Phytochemicals on COVID Infections and Outcomes<\/strong><\/a>
Student Authors: Charlotte Scott and Emma Kay Massey
Faculty Sponsor: Chunyang Wang<\/p>\n

Impacts of Hunger on COVID-19 Infections and Outcomes<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Authors: Landon Green and Victoria Rodriquez
Faculty Sponsor: Chunyang Wang<\/p>\n

Effects of Phytochemicals on COVID Infections and Outcomes<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Authors: Emma Kay Massey and Charlotte Scott
Faculty Sponsor: Chunyang Wang<\/p>\n

Effects of Water-Soluble Vitamins (C and Bs) on COVID Infections and Outcomes<\/a>
<\/strong>Student Authors: Kaleigh Roberson and Amanda Lambert
Faculty Sponsor: Chunyang Wang<\/p>\n

The Impact of Fruit and Vegetable Intake on COVID-19 Outcomes<\/strong><\/a>
Student Authors: Madison Ogle and Krystin West
Faculty Sponsor: Chunyang Wang<\/p>\n

The Connection Between Nutrition, COVID Infections and Outcomes<\/strong><\/a>
Student Authors: Serenity Dylan and Kate Mattison
Faculty Sponsor: Chunyang Wang<\/p>\n

Effects of Trace Minerals on COVID Infections and Outcomes<\/strong><\/a>
Student Authors: Brittany Jones and Breanna Wooten
Faculty Sponsor: Chunyang Wang<\/p>\n

The Effect of Major Minerals on COVID Infections and Outcomes<\/strong><\/a>
Student Authors: Kendra Perry and Andrea Ruiz
Faculty Sponsor: Chunyang Wang<\/p>\n

The Effects of Probiotics and Prebiotics on Covid Infections and Outcomes<\/strong><\/a>
Student Authors: Sarah Buie and Jon Strum
Faculty Sponsor: Chunyang Wang<\/p>\n

Effects of lipid nutrition on COVID infections and outcomes<\/strong><\/a>
Student Authors: Angela Henningfeld and Brian Johnson
Faculty Sponsor: Chunyang Wang<\/p>\n

An Analysis of Protein Intake and Their Association with In-Hospital Critically Ill Covid-19 Patients<\/strong>
Student Authors: Omar Patterson and Kathryn Darsillo
Faculty Sponsor: Chunyang Wang<\/p>\n

COVID disease processes and possible roles that nutrition plays in them<\/strong><\/a>
Student Authors: Kyle Bieksha and Patrick Martin
Faculty Sponsor: Chunyang Wang<\/p>\n

Effects of Fat-Soluble Vitamins (A, D, E, K) have on COVID Infections and Outcomes<\/strong><\/a>
Student Authors: Rachel Bauer and Alyssa Yanez
Faculty Sponsor: Chunyang Wang<\/p>\n

Establishing an Air Quality Monitoring Network Across Campus<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Graham Siegel<\/a>
Faculty Sponsor: Sara Duncan<\/p>\n

Seasonal abundance of Aedes triseriatus and other La Crosse virus vectors in endemic areas of Western NC: A comparative approach using ovitraps<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Kaylin Lewandowski<\/a>
Faculty Sponsor: Brian Byrd<\/p>\n

Comparing Vaccine Knowledge, Attitudes, and Intentions Among Health-Professions Students in a Southeastern United States Regional Comprehensive University<\/strong>
Student Author: Daygan Shouse
Faculty Sponsor: Chad Hallyburton<\/p>\n

Obesity and COVID infections and outcomes<\/strong>
Student Authors: Jordan Brigman and Jacob Chapman
Faculty Sponsor: Chunyang Wang<\/p>\n

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The School of Nursing would like to highlight their students’ 2022 research projects by student names and titles, only to respect the privacy and nature of the research participants.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Improving Health Outcomes of the Homeless Population Through Engagement and Education
\n<\/strong>Student Authors: Whitney Good, Christian Edwards, Virginia Abigail Baxter, and Kayla Paige Brubacher
\nFaculty Sponsor: Elizabeth Sexton<\/p>\n

Improving the Health and Well-Being of the Veteran Population<\/strong>
\nStudent Authors: Deanna Wood, Evan Coia, Allison Fortenberry, and Carleigh Ballard
\nFaculty Sponsor: Elizabeth Sexton<\/p>\n

Educating Families and the Adolescent Population on Physical and Mental Wellness<\/strong>
\nStudent Authors: Taylor Jenkins, Liz Tolley, Malcolm Skinner, and Alyssa Ricci
\nFaculty Sponsor: Cheryl Clark<\/p>\n

Improving the Awareness and Competency of Diabetic Foot Care and Work Ergonomics in the Population of Local Migrant Farmworkers<\/strong>
\nStudent Authors: Jacquelyn Stewart and Rebekah Moose
\nFaculty Sponsor: Cheryl Clark<\/p>\n

Improving Health Management Through Education and Accessibility to Women in Transitional Housing<\/strong>
\nStudent Authors: Noelle Handy, Kinzi Flippin, Kendall Myers, and Jordan Cooper
\nFaculty Sponsor: Elizabeth Sexton<\/p>\n

Healthy, Happy, Head Start: Promoting Overall Wellness in the Head Start Community<\/strong>
\nStudent Authors: Jordan Taylor, Maggie Shook, and\u00a0 Virginia Sanchez
\nFaculty Sponsors: Elizabeth Sexton and Cheryl Clark<\/p>\n

Enhancing the health literacy of the Cherokee senior center population<\/strong>
\nStudent Authors: Landon Grahl, Megan Grahl, Taylor Elgin, and Emily Corrado
\nFaculty Sponsor: Cheryl Clark<\/p>\n

Identifying Emotions and Understanding the Stress Response: A Nursing – Recreation Therapy Interdisciplinary Approach<\/strong>
\nStudent Authors: Mary Keller, Camden Bryson, and Sarah Kimmons
\nFaculty Sponsor: Cheryl Clark<\/p>\n

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Bridging the Gap Between Law Enforcement and Social Work: A Pilot Internship with Sylva Police<\/strong><\/a>
Student Author: Christopher Martinez
Faculty Sponsors: Katy Allen and Cyndy Caravelis<\/p>\n

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The Hunter Library<\/h3>\n

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\nStudent Author: Devon Shaw
\nFaculty Sponsor: Sarah Steiner
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